Neighbourhood News - Autumn 2007 - Issue 33

AUTUMN NEWSLETTER

Designated Public Place Order

From the 1st June 2007, the whole of Fareham Borough became a Designated Public Place.

The area around and containing Fareham Town Centre has been the subject of a Designated Public Place Order ( DPPO ) for several years and this has had a major affect on public and antisocial drinking. This was put in place due to the large numbers of both youths and adults who were congregating in the area and openly drinking alcohol at all times of the day and night. By robust enforcement of the order, these drinkers were forced to move from the area, allowing the vast majority of the community to enjoy the town centre in peace.
After the success of this original DPPO, the area covered has been extended to include adjoining areas to which some of these drinkers had been displaced.
Further consideration has been given to separate areas, with a view to making DPPO’s to address antisocial drinking there.
After careful deliberation, the decision was made to make one DPPO to cover the whole of Fareham Borough. This alleviates the issue of displacement and means that antisocial drinking and associated behaviour can be dealt with promptly, wherever it occurs.
This Order is essentially a preventative tool. It allows Police Officers, Special Constables, Police Community Support Officers and Accredited Community Support Officers to take certain steps to prevent alcohol related antisocial behaviour.
Between 1st June and 31st August 2007, the Police ran an operation which provided extra Police Officers to patrol hotspot areas and seize alcohol from any persons thought to be, or likely to be, involved in anti-social behaviour.
The operation was a success and every Friday evening between 1600-0000, 5-10 Police Officers, PCSO's, Special Constables and ACSO's were out on patrol. It is believed that, by seizing alcohol from people early in the evening, crime may not be committed later. Sadly though, it is impossible to measure prevented crime!
I would like to point out that the Borough of Fareham does not have a serious problem with the anti-social use of alcohol and that this legislation has been created purely as a preventative tool.

All the seized alcohol is not wasted but is donated to the LIONS charity.

APS 22044 D Glendenning

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REMEMBER- Thieves will grab the chances you give them

The Association would like to thank Fareham Borough Council for their continued support and help in the production of this newsletter

Try www.hampshire.police.uk for your Police Neighbourhood Teams latest initiatives.

Be Vigilant In the past few weeks there have been two house burglaries where the offenders have stolen cars from driveways using keys they have found whilst burgling the house. The cars have been used to steal considerable amounts of property from the burgled houses. Although we have not had any incidents in our area – in Southampton there have been numerous crimes where offenders have fished car keys from inside the house through the letter box. Make sure you don’t leave keys within sight of your letterbox. The reason for the increase in this type of crime is the improvement in vehicle security marking making it almost impossible to steal cars without the keys. Remember this at filling stations and such like – don’t leave keys in the ignition whilst paying. If you get your car stolen under such circumstances you are not insured for the loss. Many thanks to Tony Walters for statistics, help and advice throughout the year

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HAVE YOU SUFFERED ?? In the event of any type of crime whether burglary, damage etc whether actually seen or found later – the first point of contact must be THE POLICE 999 – emergency response (24 hrs ) 0845 045 45 45 – crime reporting (non emergency) 24 hrs. 101 - anti social behaviour (24 hrs) You will want a crime number, but depending on the information available and whether there are witnesses etc you may not be aware of any follow-up by the police. However, your recorded crime will give the police a valuable overview of what is happening in your area and assist them in their job. Scheme Co-ordinators, who are contacted by their members about any crimes, should remind them of the above procedure before then alerting others who live nearby. Have you looked at these websites yet? There is now a link in our website to a very useful handbook. Also try www.nwinfo.co.uk for lots of good useful information. And go to www.hampshire.police.uk follow the links for your area to get details of your Police Neighbourhood Team, current initiatives, beat surgery dates and much more.

SNT 1 Park Gate West Locks Heath/Park Gate Titchfield Common Warsash/Sarisbury/Whiteley Sgt 2208 Spacey PC 109 Wild PC 126 Wilson PC 1410 Colman PC 2736 Tarvin PCSO Barlow PCSO Leekes PCSO Brierly PCSO Coyle SC Beckwith SC Whitworth Mobile 07757 211528

SNT 2 Park Gate East Stubbington/Hill Head/Segensworth Titchfield (including Catisfield) Sgt 2164 Mills PC 142 Channing PC 23445 Evans PC Ball PCSO Dawson PCSO Harry PCSO Gudgen SC Jones SC Munn Mobile 07757 212459

	Park Gate	Locks Heath	Sarisbury	Titchfield Common	Warsash	Titchfield	Hill Head	Stubbington
Dwelling Burglary	2	2	6	2	1	0	2	0
Non-Dwelling Burglary	6	2	3	4	1	11	6	6
Damage	31	34	29	2421	37	51	27	34
Vehicle Crime	9	8	13	13	4	19	3	10

SNT 3 Fareham West Highlands/Heathfield/South Fareham (except East of Gosport Road) Sgt 2340 Burt PC 2737 Cupper PC 37536 Heath PC Blowers PC Binney PC Winters PCSO Titcombe PCSO Sharman PCSO Godfrey SC Clarke SC Crutchley SC Neligan SC Skinner Mobile 07757 137068

SNT 4 Fareham North Town Centre and North Fareham Wallington and Salterns Sgt 2906 Martin PC 1003 Cummings PC Browne PC 3832 Way PC Couchman PCSO Bidle PCSO Graham PCSO Robert SC Mark Fogwill SC Juilie Fogwill SC Carine SC Nash SC James SC Brayly Mobile 07757 137595 & 07757 120174 (town centre)

SNT 5 Portchester    including Down End Sgt 5539 Dunlop PC 2537 Higgs PC 22044 Glendenning PC Young PCSO Earley PCSO Payne PCSO Marshall SC Camp SCTonks SC Vadis Mobile 07757 138053

	Fareham South	Fareham West	Fareham North West	Fareham Town centre West Common	Fareham Town Centre East	Fareham North	Fareham (Wallington & Salterns)	Portchester West	Portchester East
Dwelling Burglary	10	2	0	1	3	0	1	5	8
Non-Dwelling Burglary	12	1	0	5	6	2	11	10	14
Damage	65	22	0	6	37	13	32	23	657
Vehicle Crime	23	8	5	4	8	3	14	7	15

Thank you to Park Gate residents Thanks to all of you who have passed information to me or offered advice in areas that are causing concern. Working together is making a big difference and hopefully will continue to do so. Overall, the feedback we are getting is that the team are doing a good job. We are constantly looking to address issues as they arise and welcome constructive comment or observations. PS 2208 DAVE SPACEY SNT FP West 0845 0454545 645 152 david.spacey@hampshire.pnn.police.uk BIN CORNER !!! In line with the Council’s guidelines regarding rubbish collections you are asked to have your bin/garden waste bag etc outside before 6am on collection day or at the ealiest the evening before. However, if you put them out too early (perhaps going away for a couple of days) any would-be burglar might be correct in assuming the house is empty – similarly, if you’re out at work and the bin sits there all day the same message is being given out. So, perhaps the answer is to enlist the support of your neighbours - help each other by wheeling the bins/garden bags back after the rubbish collection to avoid loss, damage and give-away tell tale signs. Any losses will be doubly important after 2nd October 2007 when a charge will be made for any new and replacement refuse bins (£30) and garden waste sacks (£5). D0 YOU WANT A TAMPERPROOF TAX DISC HOLDER FOR YOUR CAR? If so, please send a SAE with your request and a cheque for £1.00 (per holder) made payable to:- "Fareham & District Neighbourhood Watch Association" to:- The NHW OFFICE Fareham Police Station, Quay Street, Fareham PO16 ONA Alternatively, telephone 0845 045 45 45 ext 641267 and leave your request along with your name, address and telephone number. You will be notified when the tax disc is ready for collection from the front desk at Fareham Police Station. on payment in cash of £1.00 per holder. Please put cash in a sealed envelope clearly marked for "N.H.W OFFICE"

CATS are coming to Fareham What are Community Action Team meetings? A new initiative designed to ensure that the council understands the needs of the community will start in Fareham in September. Five Community Action Teams (CATS) led by ward councillors, will be set up to meet four times a year, in the heart of communities Meetings will take place in areas across the Borough: Portchester Fareham Town Titchfield Crofton Western Wards At the meetings you will find out first hand about developments proposed for the community, as well as having an opportunity to say what is good about where you live and what needs improving The meetings will be attended by elected members, officers from FBC along with representatives from Hampshire Police, the County Council, the Primary Trust, and the Local Strategic Partnership and hopefully yourselves. In fact the meetings offer you a chance to meet the people providing the local services. Dates for future meetings will be published in FAREHAM TODAY. on the website www.fareham.gov.uk and on various posters and leaflets around the Borough For more information Visit: www.fareham.gov.uk/cats or e-mail: cats @fareham.gov.uk or telephone 01329 236100 September meetings Fareham Town Monday 17th Sept at Fareham Methodist Church 7-8.30pm Titchfield Wednesday 19th Sept at Titchfield Community Centre 7-8.30pm Western Wards Tuesday 25th Sept at Sarisbury Green Community Centre 7-8.30pm Crofton Wednesday 26th Sept Crofton Community Centre 7-8.30pm Portchester Friday 28th Sept Portchester Parish Hall 7-8.30pm